Borane

• Formula: BH₃
• Molecular weight: 13.835
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/BH3/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UORVGPXVDQYIDP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 13283-31-3
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: H^- + H₃B = (H^- • H₃B)

H₄B^- +  = (H₄B^- • )

By formula: H₄B^- + H₃B = (H₄B^- • H₃B)

CN^- +  = (CN^- • )

By formula: CN^- + H₃B = (CN^- • H₃B)

H₂B^- +  =

By formula: H₂B^- + H⁺ = H₃B

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

H₂B^- +  =

By formula: H₂B^- + H⁺ = H₃B

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 124; Jacox, 1998, page 212

References

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Workman and Squires, 1988
Workman, D.B.; Squires, R.R., Hydride Binding Energies of Boranes, Inorg. Chem., 1988, 27, 11, 1846, https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00284a003 . [all data]

Krivtsov, Titova, et al., 1977
Krivtsov, N.V.; Titova, K.V.; Rosolovskii, V.Ya., Thermochemical study of complex borates, Russ. J. Inorg. Chem., 1977, 22, 374. [all data]

Altschuller, 1955
Altschuller, A.P., Lattice Energies and Related Thermodynamic Properties of the Alkali Metal Borohydrides and of the Borohydride Ion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1955, 77, 21, 5455, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01626a001 . [all data]

Bartmess and Hinde, 2005
Bartmess, J.E.; Hinde, R.J., The Gas Phase Acidities of the Elemental Hydrides are Functions of Bond Lengths and Electronegativity, Can. J. Chem., 2005, 83, 11, 2005-2012, https://doi.org/10.1139/v05-218 . [all data]

Wickham-Jones, Moran, et al., 1989
Wickham-Jones, C.T.; Moran, S.; Ellison, G.B., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of BH₃^-, J. Chem. Phys., 1989, 90, 2, 795, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.456104 . [all data]

Ruscic, Mayhew, et al., 1988
Ruscic, B.; Mayhew, C.A.; Berkowitz, J., Photoionization studies of (BH₃)_n(n=1,2), J. Chem. Phys., 1988, 88, 5580. [all data]

Herstad, Pressley, et al., 1970
Herstad, O.; Pressley, G.A., Jr.; Stafford, F.E., Mass spectrometric investigation of the fragmentation pattern and the pyrolysis of borane carbonyl, J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 874. [all data]

Steck, Pressley, et al., 1969
Steck, S.J.; Pressley, G.A., Jr.; Stafford, F.E., Mass spectrometric investigation of the high-temperature reaction of hydrogen with boron carbide, J. Phys. Chem., 1969, 73, 1000. [all data]

Ganguli and McGee, 1969
Ganguli, P.S.; McGee, H.A., Jr., Molecular energetics of borane carbonyl and the symmetric dissociation energy of diborane, J. Chem. Phys., 1969, 50, 4658. [all data]

Wilson and McGee, 1967
Wilson, J.H.; McGee, H.A., Jr., Mass-spectrometric studies of the synthesis, energetics, and cryogenic stability of the lower boron hydrides, J. Chem. Phys., 1967, 46, 1444. [all data]

Baylis, Pressley, et al., 1966
Baylis, A.B.; Pressley, G.A., Jr.; Stafford, F.E., Mass spectrometric investigation of the pyrolysis of boranes. IV. Diborane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 2428. [all data]

Fehlner and Koski, 1964
Fehlner, T.P.; Koski, W.S., Direct detection of the borane molecule and the boryl radical by mass spectrometry, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1964, 86, 2733. [all data]

Kawaguchi, Butler, et al., 1987
Kawaguchi, K.; Butler, J.E.; Yamada, C.; Bauer, S.H.; Minowa, T.; Kanamori, H.; Hirota, E., Observation of the gas-phase infrared spectrum of BH3, J. Chem. Phys., 1987, 87, 5, 2438, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.453135 . [all data]

Kawaguchi, 1994
Kawaguchi, K., Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of the BH, Can. J. Phys., 1994, 72, 11-12, 925, https://doi.org/10.1139/p94-122 . [all data]

Kaldor and Porter, 1971
Kaldor, A.; Porter, R.F., Infrared spectra of the pyrolysis products of borane carbonyl in an argon matrix, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 9, 2140, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00738a008 . [all data]

Tague and Andrews, 1994
Tague, T.J., Jr.; Andrews, L., Reactions of Pulsed-Laser Evaporated Boron Atoms with Hydrogen. Infrared Spectra of Boron Hydride Intermediate Species in Solid Argon, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 11, 4970, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00090a048 . [all data]

Kawaguchi, 1992
Kawaguchi, K., Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of the BH3 ν3 band, J. Chem. Phys., 1992, 96, 5, 3411, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.461942 . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

Jacox, 1998
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement A, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 2, 115-393, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556017 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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